2018

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COLLABORATION AND SINGLE-SOURCING
386 | A Guide to QuarkXPress 2018
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lacing a synchronized item
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o place a synchronized item or group:
S
elect the target entry in the Content palette.
1
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Drag the Content palette entry onto the page.2.
Placing synchronized content
To place synchronized content:
Select a text box, text path, or picture box.
1.
Select the text or picture content entry in the Content palette and click Insert.2.
Note how the item’s resizing handles change to synchronization symbols. You
can also drag the text or picture entry from the Content palette to an active
text box, text path, or picture box.
You can also drag the text or picture entry from the Content palette to an active
text box, text path, or picture box.
Importing content into the shared content library
In addition to importing text or pictures into text or picture boxes, you can import
content directly into the Content palette using the Content palette’s Import
button . However, this button is available only when you select a text content
icon or picture content icon in the Content palette.
Text imported this way becomes embedded in the project file; no link to the source
text file is maintained. Pictures imported this way, however, can be viewed and
updated in the Pictures pane of the Usage dialog box.
Working with Composition Zones
The following topics show how Composition Zones can streamline existing
workflows by allowing team members to work on the same QuarkXPress project at
the same time.
Understanding Composition Zones
A Composition Zones item is a layout or user-defined area within a layout that can be
shared with other QuarkXPress users.
Imagine a layout artist in charge of the QuarkXPress project files for a magazine.
The layout artist can use Composition Zones to share content with writers, editors,
graphic artists, and remote contributors who also use QuarkXPress.
Using QuarkXPress, the layout artist can “draw out” the area of the project for an ad
using the Composition Zones tool and then export that Composition Zones item
as a separate file. The resulting file includes the correct specs, and this approach
saves steps when the remote ad creator receives the file. The ad creator works in
QuarkXPress to add the content and then returns the file — along with necessary
graphics and fonts — to the layout artist. The layout artist then places the updated